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What is the principle of the Law of Excluded Middle?
What is the principle of the Law of Excluded Middle?
- That two possible outcomes are necessary
- That free will is a feature of a human's soul
- That the possibility of an event is necessarily related to its necessity
- That one of the outcomes is necessary (correct)
Who argued that free will is a feature of a human's soul?
Who argued that free will is a feature of a human's soul?
- William of Ockham
- Aristotle (correct)
- Philo
- None of the above
What is the problem of the sea battle?
What is the problem of the sea battle?
- That it is necessary that one of the outcomes happen
- That it is impossible to determine which outcome will happen
- That there are two possible outcomes (correct)
- That the possibility of an event is necessarily related to its necessity
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The problem of the sea battle is that there are two possible outcomes, and it is necessary that one of them happen.
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By following the principle of the Law of Excluded Middle, it is concluded that one of the outcomes is necessary.
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Some philosophers follow William of Ockham in holding that the possibility of an event is not necessarily related to its necessity.
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Philosophers such as Aristotle and Philo argue that free will is a feature of a human's soul and that non-human animals do not have it.
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